CTV News: U.S. museum says five of its Dead Sea Scroll artifacts are fake

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The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. will no longer display five Dead Sea Scroll fragments after third-party researchers found the artifacts had “characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin.”

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U.S. Bible museum says five Dead Sea Scrolls fragments fake. The Museum of the Bible in Washington on Monday said five of its artifacts thought to be part of the Dead Sea Scrolls were fake and would not be displayed anymore. >>